The Wonderful Wizard of Oz, The Wicked Witch of the West, part 15: wolves, crows and bees all fail, so the Witch reaches for her Golden Cap

Tests: 4 of 14 right · Exam: 0 of 4 right · Kind: ★ · Understood: 15 of 18 · Run: 2026-10-18, commit f3c23ea72

Lesson 1600 of the books course of Mova's primary school, as Mova's small model took its tests: it had read this lesson and the ones before it and learned from their exercises. Each test shows the options in the order the student saw them, its choice, the right answer, the score of every option and why it chose.

Every question of this lesson and each of its options parsed by Mova, with trees and pragmatics: the lesson's questions in the corpora.

Test 1 · ★ · right ✓

Dude, who whacked all those wolves with the axe?

1. The Woodman of the tin who chopped every wolf down — score 1
2. The Tin Woodman — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 3
3. The Scarecrow — score 3
4. The brave Tin Woodman who whacked the wolves with his axe — score 3

Why: It took the question to ask who or what does it. It chose option 2 with score 3, tied with another option at 3 (the first shown, or the one claiming less beyond what it knows, wins). Its support: lesson 1576, line 6: «Who: Pippin and Minnikin are so alike that "no one can tell one of us from the other", which makes the trick possible.», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: the same thing acted on «one» (+3); a different action (counts against) (+2). Against it: the same circumstance (-1); a different doer (counts against) (-1). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 2 · ★ · right ✓

Bruh, what colour was Dorothy's dress after they left the city?

1. Red — no support
2. Yellow — no support
3. Silver — no support
4. White — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 1

Why: It took the question to ask who or what does it. It chose option 4 with score 1, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 1556, line 18: «Where does she wake up? Under shady trees by a clear river, wearing a white dress and flowery wreath.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same property (+1). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 3 · ★ · wrong ✗

Lowkey, why didn't the crows go for the Scarecrow?

1. Because they realized he was only a stuffed straw man with no brain — ← Mova's choice · score 5
2. They thought he was real — score 5
3. They thought he was a stuffed man made of straw — score 5
4. They thought he was stuffed — ✓ the right answer · score 5

Why: It took the question to ask which statement is true. It chose option 1 with score 5, tied with another option at 5 (the first shown, or the one claiming less beyond what it knows, wins). Its support: lesson 1590, line 9: «Why: the crows fly away at first, thinking he is a Munchkin, but the old crow sees that he is "only stuffed with straw."», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same action «see» (+3); the same doer «old crow» (+2). The right option, 4, scored 5. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 4 · ★ · wrong ✗

No way, what did the Witch blow to call her wolves?

1. A brass trumpet — score -1
2. A whistle — score -1
3. A silver whistle — ✓ the right answer · score -1
4. A silver bell — ← Mova's choice · score 2

Why: It took the question to ask what it is done to. It chose option 4 with score 2, against -1 for the next best. Its support: lesson 1517, line 11: «In the kiln: the Thief lies on the ribs and sees three witches put bags of gold under their heads.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: a different action (counts against) (+2); it fills the role the question asks for (+1). Against it: the same doer «three witches» (-1). The right option, 3, scored -1. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 5 · ★ · wrong ✗

Mate, how many wolves did the Woodman drop?

1. Seventy-two — ← Mova's choice · score -5
2. Twenty — score -5
3. Thirty — score -5
4. Forty — ✓ the right answer · score -5

Why: It took the question to ask what it is done to. It chose option 1 with score -5, tied with another option at -5 (the first shown, or the one claiming less beyond what it knows, wins). Its support: lesson 602, line 13: «Mowgli stares hard at wolves until "the wolf would be forced to drop his eyes," and he does it for fun.», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. Against it: the same action «drop» (-1); a different thing acted on (counts against) (-1). The right option, 4, scored -5. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 6 · ★ · wrong ✗

Sus, who were the Winkies scared of, like, the most?

1. The Witch — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. Oz — no support
3. The Lion — ✓ the right answer · no support
4. Wolves — no support

Why: Nothing it remembers matched the question, so it guessed: it took the first option shown. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 7 · ★ · wrong ✗

Innit the bees' stings broke on the tin, right?

1. No, the tin was soft — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. No, they bent — no support
3. Yes, the tin wrecked them — ✓ the right answer · no support
4. No, tin — no support

Why: No option found support in what it remembers, so it guessed: it took the first option shown. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 8 · ★ · wrong ✗

Okay, what did the Scarecrow tell the Woodman to scatter over Dorothy?

1. Dried corn husks and hay from the field — score -2
2. Leaves — ← Mova's choice · score 4
3. Straw — ✓ the right answer · score 4
4. Pieces of the broken scarecrow's stuffing — score -2

Why: It took the question to ask who or what does it. It chose option 2 with score 4, tied with another option at 4 (the first shown, or the one claiming less beyond what it knows, wins). Its support: lesson 148, line 10: «Why again: the Goat knows the Wolf wants to eat her, and she tells him so: "what you want is to eat me."», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: the same action «tell» (+3); the same receiver «ass» (+2). Against it: a different doer (counts against) (-1). The right option, 3, scored 4. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 9 · ★ · wrong ✗

Dead bees looked like what, bro?

1. Piles of soot — no support
2. Little heaps of fine coal — ✓ the right answer · score -2
3. Tiny heaps of black ash — no support
4. Black dust — ← Mova's choice · score 2

Why: It took the question to ask what it is done to. It chose option 4 with score 2, against -2 for the next best. Its support: lesson 1375, line 17: «Pollen today means the fine yellow dust that flowers make, which bees carry from one flower to another.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: a different action (counts against) (+2); it fills the role the question asks for (+1). Against it: the same doer «bees» (-1). The right option, 2, scored -2. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 10 · ★ · wrong ✗

Wait, how many times can the Golden Cap's charm work on the monkeys?

1. Four times — ← Mova's choice · score 2
2. Three times — ✓ the right answer · score 2
3. Five times — score 2
4. Three times total, then it is spent — no support

Why: It took the question to ask what it is done to. It chose option 1 with score 2, tied with another option at 2 (the first shown, or the one claiming less beyond what it knows, wins). Its support: lesson 1597, line 19: «an old word is "perplexity," which means a puzzled, confused state of mind, like the Guardian shaking his head in it.», reached through the same lesson line as the sentence the question matched. What matched: it fills the role the question asks for (+1); a different doer (counts against) (+1). The right option, 2, scored 2. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 11 · ★ · right ✓

No cap, which foot did the Witch stand on first?

1. Her left foot — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 2
2. Her right foot — score 2
3. The left foot of her black boot — score 2
4. Her left foot, lifted up toward the sky — score 2

Why: It took the question to ask what it is done to. It chose option 1 with score 2, tied with another option at 2 (the first shown, or the one claiming less beyond what it knows, wins). Its support: lesson 659, line 13: «Each shoe has "five holes in it for the drakling's five claws", so the shoes fit its feet exactly.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: a different action (counts against) (+2); it fills the role the question asks for (+1). Against it: the same doer «shoes» (-1). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 12 · ★ · right ✓

Lol, where did the Witch stash the Golden Cap?

1. In her cupboard — ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer · score 4
2. On her shelf — score 4
3. Locked away in a tall cupboard in her castle — score -1
4. In the kitchen — score 4

Why: It took the question to ask where. It chose option 1 with score 4, tied with another option at 4 (the first shown, or the one claiming less beyond what it knows, wins). Its support: lesson 293, line 7: «What: the Lapland woman writes "a few words" on "a dried haberdine," which is a dried fish, because "paper I have none."», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: the same thing acted on «few words» (+4); the same doer «lapland woman» (+2). Against it: a different action (counts against) (-2). · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 13 · ★ · wrong ✗

Fam, why didn't the Witch make them her slaves?

1. They're old — ← Mova's choice · no support
2. They weren't fit to work — ✓ the right answer · no support
3. They could not do the work — no support
4. They were too ill to serve — no support

Why: No option found support in what it remembers, so it guessed: it took the first option shown. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Test 14 · ★ · wrong ✗

Mega question, what did the Witch do when her Winkies ran off?

1. Yelled at them — ← Mova's choice · score 5
2. She threw them all into the dungeon for a week — no support
3. She beat every one of them with a long leather strap until they fell — score 1
4. Beat them with a strap — ✓ the right answer · no support

Why: It took the question to ask what is done. It chose option 1 with score 5, against 1 for the next best. Its support: lesson 171, line 7: «What: Zobeida asks why they "should first whip the dogs and then cry over them," and the porter says the men want an answer.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same doer «question» (+2); it fills the role the question asks for (+2); the same action «cry» (+1). The right option, 4, found no support in what it remembers. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Exam question 1 · formal language · wrong ✗

Which instrument did the Wicked Witch employ in order to summon her wolves?

1. A brass trumpet — ← Mova's choice · score 0
2. A silver whistle — ✓ the right answer · score 0
3. A small silver whistle hung on a golden chain — no support
4. An ornate silver whistle set with jewels — score 0

Why: It took the question to ask what it is done to. It chose option 1 with score 0, tied with another option at 0 (the first shown, or the one claiming less beyond what it knows, wins). Its support: lesson 1473, line 15: «Why: she is really a witch who built the house "in order to lure them in," and she is not kind at all.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: a different action (counts against) (+2); a different thing acted on (counts against) (+1). Against it: the same doer «witch» (-1); the same place «order» (-2). The right option, 2, scored 0. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Exam question 2 · formal language · wrong ✗

Upon which foot did the Witch first stand when she began the invocation of the Golden Cap?

1. His left foot — ← Mova's choice · score 3
2. Her foot — score 3
3. Her left foot — ✓ the right answer · score 3
4. Left — no support

Why: It took the question to ask what it is done to. It chose option 1 with score 3, tied with another option at 3 (the first shown, or the one claiming less beyond what it knows, wins). Its support: lesson 1600, line 17: «The dead bees lie "like little heaps of fine coal", and the Witch "stamped her foot and tore her hair and gnashed her teeth".», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: a different action (counts against) (+2); it fills the role the question asks for (+1). The right option, 3, scored 3. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Exam question 3 · formal language · wrong ✗

What was the total number of occasions on which the charm of the Golden Cap could command the Winged Monkeys?

1. Three — ✓ the right answer · no support
2. Four — no support
3. One — ← Mova's choice · score 4
4. Three occasions in total only — no support

Why: It took the question to ask what it is done to. It chose option 3 with score 4, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 1558, line 16: «Old word: "Gammer" was an old word for an old woman, like grandmother; "Gaffer" was an old word for an old man.», reached through the same lesson line as the sentence the question matched. What matched: the same light verb (be, have, do, get, go) (+2); it fills the role the question asks for (+1); a different doer (counts against) (+1). The right option, 1, found no support in what it remembers. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

Exam question 4 · formal language · wrong ✗

By what means did the Scarecrow render the stinging bees harmless to Dorothy and her companions?

1. With straw — no support
2. By covering them with dust — ← Mova's choice · score -1
3. By scattering straw over them — ✓ the right answer · no support
4. By burning them with fire — no support

Why: It took the question to ask who or what does it. It chose option 2 with score -1, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 1179, line 14: «The frogs sting-hunt the bees by covering themselves with honey, so the bees get "stupefied" and cannot fight back.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. Against it: the same action «cover» (-1). The right option, 3, found no support in what it remembers. · the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics

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